Alexis Sanchez on the Wenger creep: Good news?

The aftermath of the fan boycott has been largely positive. The whole objective was for the fans to make a united statement, and whatever the reason was that you didn’t turn up, it contributed to making a global impact against the tenure of Arsene Wenger.

‘Nah mate, I weren’t protesting, I just didn’t show up’

Really can’t feel for you there, and with an attitude like that, I’m glad your absence has been rolled up into something that was geared towards shaking the club into pushing for a better future… otherwise, you just look like a really average fan who doesn’t care about the club. If you’re missing games for anything other than difficulties in getting there, you’re making a protest at the club, that, or you don’t deserve a ticket.

SHAME SHAME SHAME

Anyway, I think we’ve seen the way forward with making a statement against the club. A few people were saying that a march is more impactful, I disagree. Those things require just one person to call the manager a c-bomb and it’s over in the eyes of the media who love Wenger. For me, not turning up is silent, horrible to look at, and it leaves the manager exposed against a backdrop of empty seats. That matters, because at the heart of it, it’s his job to have all eyes on the club. That brings in fans, sponsorship and new opportunities. If people don’t want to watch in the ground, it says to marketing people that fans don’t want to watch on TV… that’s not good for Stan K.

Who has, as usual, been painfully silent. The fact fans are fighting to give the CEO leverage to tapper Wenger’s ridiculous power structure tells you all you need to know about how weak the owner is. He literally doesn’t care about sport. He’s the opposite of an asset stripper. He comes into clubs, works out the minimum needed to sustain life, and goes for it. That said, fans can’t moan too hard. Sure, we need an owner with more ambition, or at the very least, an owner who will empower Ivan to make the best decisions… because look, I can assure you our CEO will do great things in the aftermath of Wenger. But, back to Stan. If you’d said 10 years ago, we’d have an owner who’d leave the sporting stuff to the manager and never

That said, fans can’t moan too hard. Sure, we need an owner with more ambition, or at the very least, an owner who will empower Ivan to make the best decisions… because look, I can assure you our CEO will do great things in the aftermath of Wenger. But, back to Stan. If you’d said 10 years ago, we’d have an owner who’d leave the sporting stuff to the manager and never interfere. We’d all be applauding. Now the game is more competitive, we’re horrified. We just need a balance, that’d start with an owner who wanted to win. Such a shame Usmanov is likely going to jump ship and turn Everton into the new Manchester City. Even more reason for Stan to buck his fu*king ideas up. We are under threat…

As we head into next season, we’re coming to that part of the season where we start reminiscing about how good loan players are. The hot topic at the moment is the keeping position. Petr Cech, despite a strong finish to the season, has looked poor. David Ospina is not good enough by a margin. So what is on the table now? Szczęsny. That’s who.

Please lord don’t let him wander back to the club. Roma fans aren’t enamoured with him. He looks the same keeper he always has for me. Arrogant, prone to switching off, and simply not good enough for Arsenal. We need to be looking at someone who can man the sticks for the next ten years. That’s not Pickford for me, I’m unsure how anyone can look at a keeper who has conceded 64 goals this season and say they fancy him. He made some good saves the other night, he also made a lot of bad decisions. We need a keeper capable of playing at the highest level.

One player at the top of his game, Alexis Sanchez, had some strong words about the manager.

“I think that a coach that gave this club a stadium, trophies and who has been there 21 years should have a statue done to remember him forever.”

“He is a manager that looks after the players — he develops them and makes them mature. I’m happy here with the players, the club and with life in general.”

Very interesting comment. Like, the sort of disturbing view that only someone with something to gain would say, especially considering the situation and his kind of shitty attitude behind the scenes. When asked about his future, he had this to say…

“It doesn’t depend on me but on what the club wants or doesn’t want,”

Hmmm… sounds like he’s put a big number on the table. Match that, and he’ll hang around. He sure as hell won’t get £300k a week at Bayern or Juventus. Might get trophies, but we know these South Americans are all about that $$$. I was told he has a mega number in from China as well. So we’ll see, but look, there’s no way Wenger has the pull to do anything with elite strikers in Europe, so we might have to pull a David Moyes / Rooney move and just go for it.

I think Sanchez is incredible. Concerned about the stories he’s a pain in ass behind the scenes though. Is he staying at Arsenal because if the money is right, the power and lack of discipline appeals. The team will always be built around him. He’ll never be told what to do. He’ll play every week. Would he get that at an elite club? Unlikely.

Right, I’m tapping out. Tune into our podcast, it has fan voicemails, and they’re pretty damn good. Would like a few Grovers to drop a message next time. Anyway, jump on and subscribe… leave a rating too if you’re feeling really generous.

We’ll be doing an FA Cup special next week. We’ll be asking for some help as well.

or at the very least, an owner who will empower Ivan to make the best decisions… because look, I can assure you our CEO will do great things in the aftermath of Wenger.
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Pedro, I am a genuine admirer of your commitment to the blog and enjoy your take on events. But I am struggling with the Gazidis love-in.
Unless I am missing something, the evidence of the past few years is that he is a patsy for the slippery American jerk Kroenke. Commercially has been under-whelming and tactically he has allowed Wenger to rule the oost.
I sincerely hope I am wrong because my interest is solely in the interests of the club. Or maybe you know something we don’t.
Persuade me.

Regarding Gazidis, you’re giving us the old ‘I’ve got an inside track’ argument.

Maybe you do, maybe you don’t, or maybe you think you do but you don’t.

What is crystal clear about arsenal fc, is it’s lack of clarity, and I’m afraid the rare, opaque and often contradictory statements from Gazidis have only added to the confusion.
The man is like a one man smoke machine. You know like the ones you used to get at raves.

No one knows what’s going on and I suspect the club itself doesn’t really know what’s going on.

It’s a rudderless ship at the moment and as usual, anything that does happen is shrouded in secrecy.

You’d get more joy trying to find Lord Lucan, than get any facts out of arsenal.

You’ve got Gazidis who rarely communicates at all suddenly making a cryptic statement about being a ‘catalyst for change’.
What change Ivan?
Are you the catalyst?

Kroenke says nothing.

Josh Kroenke is on the BOD but is actually running the Denver Nuggets who are a different team playing a different sport in a different country, so exactly what he’s supposed to be doing at arsenal I have no idea.

Sir chips, ‘doesn’t give interviews’ and seems to show the utmost disdain towards any of the lower orders even daring to ask him a question.
He’s the chairman for fucks sake.

Dick Law is resigning. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is a mystery as no one really knows who he is and exactly what he did.

Then there’s Lord Harris of Peckham , the carpet salesman and Ken Friar- a rather murky figure who’s been around for years.
I really doubt either of these two have any real say or influence at arsenal at all.

That leaves wenger. As usual he’s been left to deal with about 90% of the speculation and uncertainty, adding to it himself by refusing to say whether he’s

signed a new deal
not signed a new deal
has been offered a new deal
will be offered a new deal
was offered a new deal only for it to be withdrawn.

Pedro and all, I hope you are not reading too much into Sanchez’s statement in defence of Wenger. I smell Wenger’s survival tactic in that statement! Sanchez joined Arsenal in 2014 following the World Cup in Brazil and also following heavy pressure on Wenger to bring in some quality players. He knows very little about how we got the stadium. I am dashing out of office, but I imagine he’s expressing what the manager told the players.

Arsene Wenger has defended his tight grip on the Arsenal purse strings by declaring: “We don’t sign superstars, we make them”.

If Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov is successful during the looming power struggle at the Emirates, Wenger could be armed with the spending power to rival even Chelsea.

But the Frenchman insists that whoever triumphs in the boardroom, he will continue pursuing his policy of signing promising talent and turning them into big names.

Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira, Nicolas Anelka and latterly Cesc Fabregas are the pick of the players who arrived in north London as relative unknowns before developing into world-class players under the Arsenal boss.

And as Wenger is adamant that recruiting established stars does not represent value for money, he will continue to prize potential over experience.

“I’m not scared to spend big money. If there is a player that I feel we need then of course I will buy him,” he said. “But at Arsenal we make the superstars.

If you find a special player then fine but I have not seen a number of what you might call world-class players available. “Maybe some have a world-class price, but they are not all world-class players.

If you sit down and give me £30million to buy one, could we find one? “For £30million I will be told ‘sorry he is not available and you can not have him for that price’. “Chelsea maybe tried to sign Ronaldinho and they have more money than anyone in the world, but he has not joined them.

“For me, for £60million a guy must take the ball at the kick-off and score every time he touches the ball.

“The highest we have ever bid for a player was £15milllion for Antonio Reyes. We have never bid higher because the quality hasn’t been there.

“I will only pay what I think a player is worth and there are not many world-class players better than we already have.

“I don’t know why everybody wants us to buy. He added: “I’m surprised that people think I have no money to spend.

We were maybe a little bit short for a brief period but not now. “We are not short of money and our results will come out soon and you will see.”

Wenger believes his approach to squad building requires greater skill than buying established players, but is not concerned that his rivals in the Barclays Premier League will try to muscle in on his territory.

As prospective teenage signings know they will be given the opportunity to flourish at Arsenal, Wenger is confident the Emirates Stadium will always be their preferred destination.

“It’s harder trick to pull off buying younger players,” he said.“But I am not that worried about the competition because players always go where they think they get a chance and not many clubs have the patience to give them that chance.

“They will make them wait until they think they are good enough. “Because we start them early, they mature earlier and people integrated into our training sessions know exactly what they have to do.”

Can’t believe all this Gazides rubbish. As Michael said ” he’s a pasty for the yank” you can’t sit there trousering millions then suddenly become the saviour of the fans..
Also how the fuck us a manager allowed to call the shots at a football club?? He’s a fucking employee if gazides really had a pair he would of fired him years ago.. The truth is the board all to a man are desperate for him to stay as they can stay invisible in the background as Wenger does it all for them as he can’t keep his mouth shut..
They wouldn’t know where to start if he left, I doubt if any of the board could even name 3 other managers let alone shortlist them
EIE

When we sold Cesc and Nasri et al – raising £66m – Wenger decided he was not going to replace the quality lost, but instead focus on mediocre player. The ones I listed.

NOW, if Wenger raised £66m and spent £55m – can we agree that was purely his decision? For the sake of common sense, let’s say yes.

NOW, are you saying that who we signed was the best we could do, cos I don’t. If your answer is yes, then you along with Wenger didn’t consider us big enough to sign established players.

Look at TR7’s list. Those players, at the time, weren’t outside our reach. Also, you will have to refer back to the summer of 2011 as my memory doesn’t serve me well as to what player, better than who we eventually signed, were available.

In the summer of 2015, Wenger signed Cech for £10m and no one else. Not a single field player. Arsenal were the only club in the five major European leagues not to sign a field player.

This despite needing quality players and having some 150-200m in the bank.

Are you telling us that Kroenke only gave Wenger £10m to spend? Can you explain why, despite a relatively constant cash balance, he would’ve given Wenger so little to spend in 2015 yet give Wenger some £90m the prior year and £90m the next?

Further, in January 2014, we needed midfield reinforcements badly. Wenger decided to sign an injured Kim Kallstrom on loan, knowing full well that he was injured.

Are you telling us that Wenger did this because he had been given no more money to spend?

No, that’s ridiculous.

Wenger did this because he dislikes spending, because he is a frugal, old world French economist, because he wanted to prove that he could compete without adopting the world’s ways.

Everyone who has been paying attention over the past ten years knows this.

In 2011 Arsenal didn’t buy Hazard for 30 mil because they couldn’t afford him, they went for a guy for 11 mil. But that’s me “rationalising” years later when their difference in quality is so evident. You’re a joke

Keep Sanchez and Ozil. Our line up will be made of these core: Alexis, Mbappe, L.Moura, Ozil, Xhaka, kovacic, Van dijk, kolscieny, Mustafi.

There may be better players to bring in than what I listed, my point is that, with clearing out of the deadwood and players that have been in the potential zone for much of their Arsenal career, we can raise a significant amount of money to facilitate our summer transfers.

The sad truth which has to be accepted is that Wenger has the board by the balls, his actions can’t be questioned by anyone in the club. Hence, he is not leaving. I can only hope to watch some quality players in Arsenal’s jersey next seaso. May be quality, intelligent players can make up for the tactical inefficiencies from Wenger.

Kaspar Schmeical should be the clubs next Keeper. Great shot stopper, beefy lad who can knock people around on corners and free kicks, leads the defensive shape, and most importantly – kicks it far.

About Sanchez and his attitude – who gives a shit if he pouts off the field and calls out his teammates when they are crap? He is by far the best and most reliable player, produces and he holds his teammates to a high standard. Wenger has established a soft, consequence free culture, so our players are not used to being called out. But this happens at every other team, and in any high performing company for that matter. And Thierry Henry was even worse in this regard.

Wenger has not ‘got the board by the ball’s. ‘
He is an employee.
The BOD could fire him tomorrow if they wanted to.
If they want him gone they don’t have to fire him anyway, just not offer him a new contract.

All the evidence regarding spending indicates that if all the teams in the EPL had equal amounts to spend on transfers and wages Wenger would be relegated. If he was a good manager he would have won 5-6 titles in the early years when our only competition was Man UTD. As soon as more teams began spending (it’s a myth we haven’t had money, look at total outlay, transfers and wages) our record vs the top six got worse. That’s a good gauge of a manager, how he does vs the teams with resources close to his and there’s not been a top six manager with a worse record vs his peers than Wenger.

Sky have on their site Sanogo and Cazorla out of contract this summer. Good riddance Yaya. Sad end for Santi but if he’s not back until October it absolutely makes no sense to give him a new deal. Unless of course your Arsenal football club under Wenger and you love a good injured player on the books not contributing

Sad times for Arsenal.
We have the worst owner who does not care for football.
A manager who is living off his early success and won’t go.
Terrible period for the true supporters.
Using our famous club totally not interested what our name means n the history of football.
Selling to a American owner was the most greedy classless thing to have ever happened to our club.
Shame on them we will never get rid of Stan and his clan. We are just an asset.
Arsenal are finished as a football club, winning is not important anymore.
A good manager would fight to keep out heritage alive.
Wenger is a turd like the rest of them

Jenkinson and Gibbs are English internationals and they come at a premium in today’s market. Crystal place offered 10m for Jekinson in the winter but the deal fell through because he did not agree on personal terms. Gibbs is a 27 years old English international, he can certainly fetch us 15m.

Mustafi plays right back for Germany and he can always fill in for Bellerin.

Regarding selling Ospina and Scezney, it shouldn’t be too difficult to bring in a back up goal keeper for Peter Cech.

I don’t think Man U is a big pull for Mbappe, with how Martial is not peaking under Mourinho. Going to Madrid is not the best move for his career right now. 70m should buy Mbappe. Belloti is also a good option.

We bought Gervinho because Wenger is a clueless moron. Why is player acquisitions being discussed? Anyone he buys will be rendered useless over a season. Better to start talking about future player recruitment from a new manager and not the clown currently in charge.

Carts
Well Kante rejected us for Chelsea, Lyon turned down 40mil, and Roma turned down 35mil. So any other fantasies you care to provide in hindsight?

Steve
“We could’ve afforded hazard” – uhm hows that? we spent 60mil on 5 first team players. You think that’s the behaviour of a club that could spunk 30mil on a 21 year old from Lille? You’d be the very same guy that if we’d have bought hazard would say “we needed a fucking CB and DM”. That’s where operating a budget just doesn’t enter your thinking. Yes, we had 30mil for hazard…but we also had about 5 positions to buy for.

Fucking hell Pedro, Szczesny has got more clean sheets that Buffon. I mean, he did regress under Wenger (as did many players) and got his head fucked with £100K contract. But he IS a good goalkeeper. Just needs good coaching and a manager, not a stooge that Wenger is.

So saying we could not afford Hazard is not reality now and was not reality in 2012.

I get the fact that we bought three players and needed to fill the Van Persie shaped void in our squad, but I am confident that if Wenger wanted to he could have bought Giroud and Hazard. If not he could have gone for a young promising forward or older experienced forward.

In my opinion Wenger had dug himself a big hole by being the anti Chelsea therefore would look foolish for all of the sudden splashing out massive (at the time) fees for a single player.
I firmly believe we have missed out on lots of talented players due to Wenger putting his self imposed principles ahead of what’s actually best for the club.

For anyone in doubt about who is in charge of all things transfer/contract related at AFC, this is wengers most recent comment regarding sporting directors and himself:

“I’m manager of Arsenal and as long as I am manager, I will decide what happens on the technical front,”

Ideally, I would have Szczesny and Cech slugging it out for no.1 spot. With Szczesny being the no.1 and Cech no.2 at first. Cech would be great mentor for Szczesny too IMO and could be kept as a coach in a few years’ time.

Not in the current setup though. Peyton needs to go, regardless of whether Wenger stays or not.

Surely it’s better to sell Szczesny now to make some money out of him and reinvest his salary and fee in a young lad? Or promote Martinez? He has not been any worse than Szczesny when I have seen him play.
At the moment with Cech, Ospina and Szczesny we have over 200k per week tied up in wages!!

I would not describe Gibbs and jenkinson as England intls they’ve got about 3 irrelevant caps between them. Gibbs is also in final year of contract. No chance 15 mil.

I’m.sure mbappe has noted he would be better off at arsenal at Madrid. That’s laughable. If he thought he needs to develop he would just stay at Monaco rather than sacrificing playing at the highest level under an out if date manager. We have zero chance getting him

No.2 and no.3 GKs should also play reserve games every now and then to keep themselves focused and match fit. It is easier to rotate outfield players, given how there are enough games to go around, rotating one or two players at time, not to upset the match rhythm.

“So I guess in your opinion Wenger has done a good job building a squad with the resources available?”

No don’t guess that, because I didn’t say that. I’m arguing against the idea we simply choose not to buy better players when we can afford them. It’s a ridiculous notion. The club has, and still does, operate within a strict budget whether people believe it or not.

I’ll also say I don’t necessarily think who Wenger buys is the issue as much as it’s often what he neglects or sometimes the type he goes for. Using duff signings against him is embarrassing stuff, all managers have a rap sheet full of shit names.

I think Pep is the best coach on the planet by a mile, he bought an awful gk last summer for city and played him all year. Pochettino pissed 60 mil against a wall with Pamela and sissoko. Klopp has yet to buy anyone remotely resembling a footballer aside from mane.

Wenger for me has a great eye for a player, his issue is what type of player we need and addressing that. I’m not a fan of his allegiance to small and technical, as well as not liking his total apathy towards proper defensive players.

Carts
So when I say how would you spend 92 mil it suddenly turns into more than 92 mil…. and you don’t get my point about us adhering to a budget.

He shouldn’t have simply “went higher”, he didn’t have the money to spend to the degree you’re staying. Or you know, he prefers Lucas over Lacazette etc as you like to drone on about.

No worries, you would’ve got Kante over Xhaka, even though Kante had the option of us and said nah.. you’d have got him. Awesome

‘Wenger for me has a great eye for a player, his issue is what type of player we need and addressing that. I’m not a fan of his allegiance to small and technical, as well as not liking his total apathy towards proper defensive players.’

Here on LG, we would spend ages saying ‘this team needs players in positions X, Y and Z’. And it was obvious for everyone to see. Guess what, Wenger would not do the bleeding obvious and it would bite us on the arse in the following season. Clockwork.

And yeah, he has a great eye. Two players: Sanogo and Denilson. Do you know what they have in common? Both captained their respective U17 national teams. Now that’s lazy scouting.

He *had* a wonderful eye for players. Had. Has? That stopped a very long time ago.

How many times has he bought top class players at cheap prices in the last 7 or so years? A few at best. Cazorla and kos are the only two top class players we bought in ages who were not highly expensive.

To say we couldn’t have afforded to do much better because of our strict budget is absolutely nonsense for a few reasons

1) we know that wenger didn’t spend everything available to him. This isn’t a debate anymore Charlie. Choose to believe what you like but on this point wenger himself has conclusively ended the discussion and you are wrong. This horse has well and truly been beaten to death and you’re not fooling anyone by sticking to the same script in the face of so much evidence

2) we could’ve bought a few top players and supplemented the rest with youth/ultra cheap players to add quality and make up numbers

3) cheap players don’t need to be poor quality. It’s what wenger’s invincibles were built around. Top class cheap players are how he built his name, but suddenly he can’t build a top squad because he doesn’t have enough money? You said he has a great eye for players. How can he have a great eye for players and see the best part of a decade come to pass with very few top class cheap signings. If he has a good eye for players he should’ve had a lot in that time

4) teams like Spurs, Dortmund, Monaco, athletico Madrid, Sevilla and so on have all developed/bought/produced some elite players on the cheap in this time period. What’s our excuse?

5) wenger has bought loads of awful players in the last decade. To say all manager sign duds isn’t exactly fair because not all managers would talk of 1 goal per season yaya sanogoals as a 40+m type player. And most of the big teams in Europe will have encountered some decent success at some time or other over the last 10 years. Liverpool are one of the few major teams to regularly spend and not really achieve anything. Chelsea, city, utd, LEICESTER all won the PL. real and Barca have won the league and CL. Psg won the league, Monaco won the league. Bayern and Dortmund won the league. Juve won the league.

So yes they’ve all signed duds like Arsenal along the way but theyve also still managed to sign enough top players (and manage them properly) to win big in the last decade. Its not really clever to compare us to other teams because besides Liverpool, (who might finish above us this year) we’ve achieved less than almost every major European club in the last decade

Also Charlie the worst error you make is in treating wenger and Arsenal are if they are normal

You’re absolutely right it’s nonsense that wenger wouldn’t spend what’s available to him. It’s nonsensical indeed. As are dozens of the decisions he’s made and things he’s done in the last 7 years. You’re treating a really strange old man as if he’s some regular 45 year old manager. He’s not. Quite clearly.

He thinks he built the club.
He treats the fans with disdain
He lies regularly about being in the market for super players when is happened very few times
His story about having or not having money always changes to suit his current circumstances
He said himself he would give back 100m if handed it
He said he spends money like it’s his own
He lambasted Chelsea for spending for a decade or more
He thought park, chamakh, denilson were the foundations of a good team
He doesn’t do or believe in tactics
He won very little for 13 odd years but criticizes fans for not appreciating his genius
He says he can make maths formulas about managers (but he won’t tell you!!!)

The guy is a fucking nutcase and it’s only finally coming to be realized. He’s weird. Why would you treat him like others when he doesn’t behave like anyone else in the footballing world?

Similarly Arsenal as a club don’t behave like a football club and this is reflected in the ongoing mess and failures.

Implying it’s illogical to think that wenger would choose not to use as much of his resources as possible is as silly to say it’s illogical that officials would risk life inprison and the death penalty to allow dangerous chemicals to be illegally stored in Tianjin. Damn right it’s illogical but I was there when the illegal chemicals went boom. Go figure…

“How many times has he bought top class players at cheap prices in the last 7 or so years? A few at best. ”

How many have other managers bought in such a narrow criteria? Fucking state of some of you at the suggestion he has an eye for talent, his career speaks for himself. It’s not been an issue of quality when he’s bought players, it’s been type and need in the team that’s been the criticism.

“we know that wenger didn’t spend everything available to him. This isn’t a debate anymore Charlie.”

No it really is a debate unless you’re on the board. What you have is your own conjecture based off sound bites, and because you’re part of a blog that primarily thinks one way you seem to think that transcends this conjecture into fact and reality. Sorry if others don’t share your view.

The sad truth which has to be accepted is that Wenger has the board by the balls, his actions can’t be questioned by anyone in the club. Hence, he is not leaving. I can only hope to watch some quality players in Arsenal’s jersey next seaso. May be quality, intelligent players can make up for the tactical inefficiencies from Wenger.’

It’s quite obvious Wenger is untouchable. Combine that with his unwarranted arrogance and being stuck in a bubble and Arsenal are forked for the foreseeable future if(when) he stays

This coming from the guy who stated that “Wenger had an eye for talent ”
You seriously are a laugh a minute

Funnier still, you’re one of only a few remaining ‘Wenger in’s’ that still has the gall to show up day after day and post your whiny dribble .. so Kudo’s to you bud, do keep them coming, everyone needs a good laugh

J-arsene: “Arsene’s note as being now officially a senior citizen, with all its attendant benefits has made us true fans much more appreciative of life and football.

HEAR, HEAR.

God’s Plan for Aging:

Most seniors never get enough exercise. In His wisdom God decreed that seniors become forgetful so they would have to search for their glasses, keys, and other things, thus doing more walking.
And God looked down and saw that it was good.

Then God saw there was another need. In His wisdom He made seniors lose coordination so they would drop things, requiring them to bend, reach, and stretch.
And God looked down and saw that it was good.

Then God considered the function of bladders and decided seniors would have additional calls of nature, requiring more trips to the bathroom, thus providing more exercise. God looked down and saw that it was good.

So if you find as you age, you are getting up and down more, remember it’s God’s will. It is all in your best interest even though you mutter under your breath.

Nine Important Facts to Remember as We Grow Older

#9 Death is the number 1 killer in the world.

#8 Life is sexually transmitted.

#7 Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

#6 Men have 2 motivations: hunger and hanky panky, and they can’t tell them apart. If you see a gleam in his eyes, make him a sandwich.

#5 Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet and they won’t bother you for weeks, months, maybe years.

#4 Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital, dying of nothing.

#3 All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

#2 In the 60’s, people took LSD to make the world weird. Now the world is weird, and people take Prozac to make it normal.

#1 Life is like a jar of jalapeno peppers. What you do today may be a burning issue tomorrow.

Please share this wisdom with others while I, Arsene who built this club go to the bathroom.”

“Tottenham, already guaranteed to finish second, now have more points than Leicester won the league with last season, but if Pochettino’s players were frustrated at falling short in the title race, they haven’t let it show.”

“Although Tottenham were unable to overhaul champions Chelsea in the title race, Mauricio Pochettino’s vibrant young side look certain to make a renewed challenge next term and Kane is the figurehead of that bright future.”

Picked the above paras from an AFP report. Glowing, aren’t they. Look at the respect Spurs have earned worldwide. Incredible.

Le Grove is fast becoming the written version of Arsenal fan TV so many stupid people lining up to say the same fucking thing.
You have a go at Champagne Charlie and say he’s a Wenger follower yet he said time again he wants Wenger out like any other sane person does
At least read and understand what someone says before you all mouth off..
EIE

Unfortunately the nuance in what/who people attribute blame to is criminally overlooked on this platform. Utter a word that isn’t staunchly Wenger out and its lambasted by folk who then undermine others by claiming them to support some other agenda. It’s embarrassing stuff.

Nobody on here to my knowledge thinks we should have Wenger in charge next season, the only difference in opinion is how much various aspects of the clubs failure are his responsibility (or how much his responsibility).

That isn’t tolerated though. “Wenger is everything wrong with the club blah blah, any who doesn’t follow suit is an AKB apologist cunt” – morons of le grove

All jokes aside, can all just agree that Wenger needs to leave and move on ?… This conversation is mind numbingly boring”What’s more boring, talking about football that doesn’t encompass Wenger, or continually flogging a dead horse to say he needs to go?

Win, lose or draw I would just like the interviewer to ask some challenging questions from the start – not at the end when Wenger will just walk away. First question should be something like ‘was it emotional seeing that it might be your last match as Manager’? followed by questions like ‘what do you do now’? ‘When will you know’? ‘Why did you state a couple of months ago that you had decided what to do and would announce it very soon – what changed’?